Connecticut warbler

Oporornis agilis Photo by Robert Royse (Robert Royse’s Bird Photography) Common name: Connecticut warbler (en); mariquita-do-connecticut (pt); paruline à gorge grise (fr); chipe de Connecticut (es); augenring-waldsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Parulidae Range: The Connecticut warbler breeds in a narrow band across Canada from south-western Northwest Territories east to western Quebec and, in the…

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White-browed robin-chat

Cossypha heuglini Photo by Ian White (Flickriver) Common name: white-browed robin-chat (en); pisco-de-Heuglin (pt); cossyphe de Heuglin (fr); cosifa de Heuglin (es); weißbrauenrötel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: This African species is found from Chad and Sudan through southern D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Angola and Zambia, and down to South Africa. Size: These birds…

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Southern crested caracara

Caracara plancus Photo by Luis Argerich (Wikipedia) Common name: southern crested caracara (en); caracará (pt); caracara huppé (fr); carancho (es); schopfkarakara (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Falconidae Range: This South American species if found from central Peru and Bolivia, east to the Amazon Delta, in Brazil, and south through Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina…

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Pied crow

Corvus albus (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: pied crow (en); gralha-seminarista (pt); corbeau pie (fr); cuervo blanco (es); schildrabe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Corvidae Range: This African species is found from Senegal to Sudan, northern Ethiopia and Somalia and south to South Africa, only being absent from the dense tropical forests of…

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Brown shrike

Lanius cristatus Photo by Mark Andrews (Internet Bird Collection)  Common name: brown shrike (en); picanço-castanho (pt); pie-grièche brune (fr); alcaudón pardo (es); braunwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Laniidae Range: This Asian species is found breeding from central Russia east to the pacific coast, and south to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. They migrate…

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Black-spotted barbet

Capito niger Photo by João Quental (Flickr) Common name: black-spotted barbet (en); capitão-de-bigode-carijó (pt); cabézon tacheté (fr); capitán turero (es); tupfenbartvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Capitonidae Range: This South American species is found from western Colombia, through Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and east to northern Brazil. Size: These birds are 18-19 cm…

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Eurasian crag martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris Photo by Ahmet Karatash (Trek Nature) Common name: Eurasian crag martin (en); andorinha-das-rochas (pt); hirondelle de rochers (fr); avión roquero (es); felsenschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: This species is found from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, along the Mediterranean coasts, and through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan all the way…

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Crimson chat

Epthianura tricolor (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: crimson chat (en); eptianuro-escarlate (pt); epthianure tricolore (fr); eptianuro tricolor (es); scharlachtrugschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Epthianuridae Range: This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the inland, western, and southern coasts of Australia, and occasionally in south-eastern and eastern Australia. Size: The crimson chat…

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